In case you missed the November BlogWorld Expo: Milbloggers to Journos: Can You Hear Us Now?
Milblogging.com : The World's Largest Index of Military Blogs (Milblogs)
2008-01-26 07:16:06

(Poynter Online) A watershed moment for milblogs happened in 2005 when CNN's then-news chief Eason Jordan was reported as saying at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland that he knew of 12 journalists who were killed by coalition forces in Iraq. (Jordan later backpedaled from those remarked.)Said Schippert, "Milbloggers banded together over that. The gauntlet was laid down, and we told Jordan to put up or shut up. We asked him to release the tape from this conference and own up to what he said. That got milbloggers a lot of attention, and Jordan left CNN not long afterward."So what exactly is a milblog? The panelists consider this field to include blogs by active-duty soldiers, as well as their families and friends, and former soldiers -- as long as the cover current military issues.In contrast to the highly competitive mindset of many mainstream journalists, the panelists indicated that milbloggers operate in a very collaborative fashion, with considerable backchannel communication. Uncle Jimbo explained, "We check each other's facts and information, both before we post and after. That's a big part of our credibility. Because we're all kind of riding in the back of the same truck. We keep each other honest."Read the entire story here about the BlogWorld expo....